Arsene Wenger on Tuesday faces the most important board meeting of his 21-year reign as Arsenal boss.

Directors will thrash out his future with a two- year contract on the table and the 67-year-old Frenchman is expected to stay.

But there are issues which Wenger is prepared to fight for and play hardball on and there are genuine doubts over whether they can be resolved.

He has hinted heavily he will stay, made it clear he wants to stay but has refused to completely reveal his hand for fear of then having to cave in at the board meeting.

Wenger and Kroenke shake hands after the win at Wembley (Image: Getty)

Wenger lifted his seventh FA Cup at the weekend (Image: AFP)

Stan Kroenke and Sir Chips Keswick will be key players (Image: David Price)

Majority shareholder Stan Kroenke will be in attendance and yet it is chief executive Ivan Gazidis who has been trying to drive change and improvement after seeing the club finish fifth in the Premier League this season.

Wenger is determined to stand firm against a shake-up of his backroom staff and a director of football and also wants to be sure he still has the board’s full support.

Board support

This is vital in Wenger’s eyes. He has felt frustrated at times, feeling isolated and short of support from the boardroom.

Attending the meeting will be Gazidis, chairman Sir Chips Keswick, Kroenke and his son Josh, Ken Friar, Lord Harris of Peckham, David Miles and Wenger.

Kroenke has great respect for Wenger and regards him as one of the best managers in world sport. The old school board like Wenger but there have been concerns throughout this season as to whether Arsenal can remain competitive. Gazidis has made it clear he would like some degree of change and improvement.

This is the biggest single issue - Wenger will make it clear that he simply cannot be undermined by a lack of boardroom support.

Director of football

Wenger wants to do things his way (Image: Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

This has been a massive issue for Wenger, he has always been against the whole concept and the idea that one might be brought in at Arsenal infuriated him.

But a compromise is likely to be found on this with a lesser role likely to be brought in to oversee operations, taking in everything from contracts talks, pooling together medical information to logistics like first team travel.

There is very little chance that it would be a big name appointment but some sort of new role will be created to ease Wenger’s workload and help him delegate.

Backroom staff

There are concerns about some of Arsenal’s backroom staff with fitness coach Tony Colbert and keeper coach Gerry Peyton having been under the spotlight.

However, Arsenal’s transfer fixer Dick Law is definitely NOT leaving this summer. People on social media seem to have seized on his name and blamed him for everything.

Wenger is fiercely loyal to his staff and will stand up for them. It’s a matter of principle. He went to the board to stand up for one of his staff when they were under threat by a reshuffle in travel arrangements a few years ago. He will dig his heels in on this issue.

Other managers regularly change staff and Wenger knows questions have been asked about particular members of staff.

Summer signings and contracts

The Gunners' star men are closing on their final 12 months (Image: Rex Features)

Big on the agenda will be Arsenal’s intentions in the transfer market and battle to nail down star duo Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.

They have already signed Bosnian left back Sead Kolasinac on a free from Schalke and want a new centre half, winger and central midfielder. If they lose Sanchez, then they will look for a striker.

Arsenal missing out on the Champions League is a blow but financially it will actually only cost them around £20m once everything has been taken into account.

It will not affect corporate or commercial deals in the same way it might have done a few years ago and it will not hurt the club in the same way when they were struggling to pay off the Emirates.

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Stan Kroenke

The US tycoon has been in town since last week, was at the FA Cup final on Saturday and will go back to the States after the board meeting.

But Kroenke has left no-one in doubt of his commitment to Arsenal, he has reaffirmed that in person this week and made it clear publicly that he is not selling his stake to Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov despite his recent £1billion bid.

Kroenke’s son Josh is fully behind his father and suggestions to the contrary have been dismissed as utter nonsense.

There should be no doubt on this one. Kroenke is not selling to Usmanov or anyone else.

Wenger’s contract and future

Wenger has been in power for 21 years now (Image: Action Images via Reuters)

There has been a two year contract on the table worth around £8million-a-year since October but he did not sign at the time.

That was a mistake and as soon as results went badly, Wenger felt the goalposts were moved, with talk of a director of football and backroom shake-up.

After 20 years at the club, Wenger felt he deserved more support during the worst run of results of his career.

Arsenal want to have a succession plan in place when Wenger eventually goes and they will want more clarity for the future.